Effects of Managerial Ties on the Choice of EBMI-ETI Fit Mode in Traditional Resource-based Enterprises from the Perspective of Ecological Innovation

Abstract

Abstract: Drawing on a sample of 239 traditional resource-based enterprises from Shanxi Province of China, based on the division of the different types of fit mode about ecologically business model innovation (EBMI) and ecologically technological innovation (ETI) as well as the quantification of them by constructing the fit measurement model, we investigate the effects of managerial ties on the fit mode of ETI and EBMI under the moderation of transitional policies. Results from empirical research show that there are significant differences in the impact of different managerial ties on the different EBMI-ETI fit mode selection, and the difference of different effect is more significant under the moderation of transitional policies. That is, under the impact of higher transitional policies, enterprises with stronger intra-industry ties are inclined to choose the efficiency-oriented EBMI-ETI fit mode; Enterprises with stronger extra-industry ties are more inclined to choose the effect-oriented EBMI-ETI fit mode; However, enterprises with stronger intra-extra industry ties together are more likely to choose efficiency-effect balanced EBMI-ETI fit mode; Moreover, compared with single type of ties, complementary (interactive) intra-extra ties are better able to bring about efficiency-effect balanced EBMI-ETI fit activities. Faced with the requirements of the transitional policies, our research provides certain practical reference for enterprises to choose an EBMI-ETI fit mode that can promote their successful transformation by optimizing and balancing managerial ties, and finally result in a balanced synergistic growth of both ecological benefits and economic benefits.

Key words: ecological innovation, managerial ties, EBMI-ETI fit mode, transitional policies

Zhang Meili, Yao Xilong, Guo Shujuan. Effects of Managerial Ties on the Choice of EBMI-ETI Fit Mode in Traditional Resource-based Enterprises from the Perspective of Ecological Innovation[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(4): 103-118.

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